Category Archives: State News
Younkers stores across Michigan set to close
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM) — Bankruptcy for the Madison-Wisconsin-based Bon-Ton stores will hit close to home. The company announced yesterday plans to close all of its stores, which include Younkers,...
Apr 19, 2018
UPDATE: Police involved shooting leaves one man dead
PAVILION TOWNSHIP (WKZO AM/FM) — The name of the man who was fatally shot at the Pavillion Estates Mobile Home Park on Wednesday has been released and he had an extended history of conflicts wit...
Apr 18, 2018
Panel give o-k for Medicaid work requirements
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – A bill that would require able-bodied Medicaid recipients in Michigan to find a job was approved 4-1 by the Senate Competitiveness Committee Wednesday. The measure, sponsore...
Apr 18, 2018
UPDATE: Woman surrenders for mother's death
PORTAGE (WKZO AM/FM) — A Portage woman has been charged with murdering her mother, after turning herself into authorities yesterday. TV-3 reports that 59-year-old Susan Kubicek is charged with a...
Apr 18, 2018
Michigan woman wins Boston Marathon
BOSTON, MA (WKZO AM/FM) — For the first time in 33 years an American woman has won the Boston Marathon. It took a Michigander, and a two time Olympian who is probably used to running in cold, we...
Apr 17, 2018
Gov. Snyder announces school safety plan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has released his school safety plan, which quickly drew fire from law enforcement and gun control organizations for not going nearly far ...
Apr 17, 2018
Holland dog owner seeks dog's attacker
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) — Holland resident Rick Van Slooten is a man on a mission — a mission to find the woman whose dog violently attacked his dog Thursday evening. Van Slooten’s ...
Apr 16, 2018
Road construction begins in downtown Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) — One of the big road construction projects slated for this construction season gets underway in Kalamazoo today as Park and Westnedge will be repaved, roughly from Michig...
Apr 16, 2018
Stormy weekend causes all sorts of problems
UNDATED (WKZO AM/FM) — The weekend storm was everything forecasters said it would be, and it isn't over yet. We could see an inch and a half of snow by the time this massive storm system moves e...
Apr 16, 2018
Consumers Energy: power restored to 85,000 customers
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – More than 118,000 Consumers Energy customers lost power since high winds and freezing rain, sleet and snow arrived Saturday. As of Sunday afternoon, the company report...
Apr 15, 2018
